Simon Lee

Singaporean musician SIMON LEE is the Principal Oboist of the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra, an appointment he has held since 2017. Simon studied with Rachel Walker at the Singapore Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music and with Jean-Louis Capezzali at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne.

Prior to his undergraduate studies, he was Principal Oboist of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (with highlights including concert tours to the Aberdeen International Youth Festival in 2011 and to the Berlin Euro Classic Festival in 2012); as well as Principal Oboe of the Asian Youth Orchestra for their 25th anniversary tour, and an esteemed member of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra in 2011 – the only Singaporean to be thus selected – resulting in the unprecedented honour to perform with the ensemble in Sydney.

Other triumphs include the 2nd prize at the Conservatory Concerto Competition 2014.

He has also performed with orchestras such as the Singapore Lyric Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Festival Orchestra (Singapore), Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, Chongqing Symphony Orchestra, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

Upcoming solo performances include a concerto with the Shanghai Nine Trees Philharmonic Orchestra and a recital featuring Singaporean composers at the International Double Reed Society Conference 2023 in Thailand.

We are proud to welcome Simon Lee as he joined the Buffet Crampon family in 2020.